{"id":28379,"date":"2023-03-18T06:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T06:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=28379"},"modified":"2023-03-18T06:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T06:24:45","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-saturday-18-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=28379","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday, 18 March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>GUARDIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin, another Russian official<\/p>\n<p>Blinken hopes Nigeria addresses election grievances legally<\/p>\n<p>Is the Saudi-Iran rapprochement making China the world&#8217;s new superpower<\/p>\n<p>What IPOB is fighting for is not what S&#8217;East needs &#8216; Okoli<\/p>\n<p>Shehu Sani asks Lagos residents to vote Sanwo-Olu, ditches PDP candidate<\/p>\n<p>Police begin probe of MC Oluomo&#8217;s threat against Igbo, Lagos CP reveals<\/p>\n<p>Yoruba Council berates George over endorsement of LP candidate in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>Naira Scarcity: Poultry farmers lose N30bn, lament poor sales<\/p>\n<p>NJC recommends compulsory retirement of Taraba Chief Judge, others face probe<\/p>\n<p>109 deaths in three months linked to 2023 polls, says CDD<\/p>\n<p>APC, SDP seek leave to appeal judgment on polls result transmission<\/p>\n<p>11 children killed in unexploded ordnance blast in S.Sudan<\/p>\n<p>Court orders INEC to paste, transmit Saturday&#8217;s poll results electronically<\/p>\n<p>UK charity tasks President-elect on out-of-school menace<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How to get pregnant when you have endometriosis<\/p>\n<p>How electricity palaver plunged Benue communities into war<\/p>\n<p>MC Oluomos video under investigation, says Lagos CP<\/p>\n<p>Police, military talk tough, warn against violence<\/p>\n<p>Money ritual seekers dark walk into deceit, misery<\/p>\n<p>LP candidates killers knew he wouldve won Enugu senatorial election Sibling<\/p>\n<p>Aregbesola asks states to decongest prisons<\/p>\n<p>Inciting statements by politicians worrisome, says NHRC<\/p>\n<p>Poll: Group seeks support for 24 female gov candidates<\/p>\n<p>Dont allow traditional festival disrupt election, Sanwo-Olu tells organisers<\/p>\n<p>Viral video: DHQ denies soldier trained Doguwa in firearms mastery<\/p>\n<p>Upsets likely as 28 states elect governors today<\/p>\n<p>Rivers gov candidates protest, allege intimidation by Wike<\/p>\n<p>Elections: My ambition not worth life of residents Gombe gov<\/p>\n<p>Awarding contracts to APC candidates partisan, Atiku tells INEC<\/p>\n<p>FG gives subsidies to mini-grid developers<\/p>\n<p>Rising poverty may hinder SDGs achievement, says ECA boss<\/p>\n<p>Election: Immigration chief orders 24-hour border closure<\/p>\n<p>Election: Dont allow over-voting, Cross River REC begs electoral officers<\/p>\n<p>NYSC DG demands maximum protection for corps members<\/p>\n<p>Elections: UK to shut visa centres in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>British inquiry indicts FCDO for inaction in securing Kanus release<\/p>\n<p>Defence ministry digitalises operations, adopts performance management system<\/p>\n<p>Buhari signs bill mandating President-elect to appoint cabinet in 60 days<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: EFCC arrests alleged serial Canadian visa scammer in Abuja<\/p>\n<p>Post election violence: UK to shut visa centres in Lagos<\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Election Violence: Lagos, Imo, Delta Top List Of High Risk States<\/p>\n<p>Yiaga Africa Urge INEC To Avoid Pitfalls Of Presidential Election<\/p>\n<p>Vote Buying: INEC Bans Party Agents From Taking POS To Polling Centres<\/p>\n<p>Residents Lament Massive Police Deployment to C&#8217;River North<\/p>\n<p>Use Saturday&#8217;s Elections to Redeem INEC&#8217;s Image, TMG Tells Yakubu<\/p>\n<p>LP Accuses APC of Playing the Ethnic Card in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>Adeleke Hosts Security Council Meeting, Reassures Osun People of Peaceful Polls<\/p>\n<p>Lagos Re-Arraigns Kidnap Kingpin, Evans, for Attempted Murder<\/p>\n<p>Dredge Rivers Niger, Benue, Build Dams, Kogi Monarch Urges FG<\/p>\n<p>Edo People Charged to Vote LP Candidates<\/p>\n<p>DSS Arrests Two Suspects over Call for Violence in Kano<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu: Character, Competence Will Determine My Cabinet Make-up<\/p>\n<p>Obi: My Trust in INEC Evaporated, I&#8217;m Confident in Judiciary<\/p>\n<p>Presidency Insists Presidential Election Was Free, Fair<\/p>\n<p>Buhari Identifies Corruption as Threat to Nigeria&#8217;s Existence<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dont take sides, South East youths charge INEC<\/p>\n<p>Guber poll: CSOs charge INEC on transparent election<\/p>\n<p>Presidential poll showed Nigerians are getting politically emancipated Prof Okaba, Ijaw leader<\/p>\n<p>Afenifere to INEC: Ensure improvement on identified lapses<\/p>\n<p>Guber, State Assembly elections should be credible, Ohanaeze urges INEC<\/p>\n<p>Fresh moves to remove APC chair<\/p>\n<p>INEC denies fixing supplementary elections<\/p>\n<p>INEC explains how results will be transmitted after Saturdays polls<\/p>\n<p>Delta community declares 21-day mourning for departed world oldest king<\/p>\n<p>Saturday polls: PDP remains in contest in Lagos Official<\/p>\n<p>Dont repeat mistakes of presidential poll, CDD tells INEC<\/p>\n<p>Drug racket: Abba Kyari associate, ASP Ubua losses bid to regain freedom<\/p>\n<p><strong>VANGUARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coalition urges INEC to consider re-run instead of cancelling election results<\/p>\n<p>22 BVAS machines missing in Rivers<\/p>\n<p>Guber Election: Nigerians return to polls unsure their votes will count<\/p>\n<p>Video of Ado Doguwa firing AK-47 was in Falgore forest &#8216; DHQ<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin dismisses ICC warrant for Putin<\/p>\n<p>Only 2 suspended NASS elections will hold along state polls &#8216; INEC<\/p>\n<p>UK budgets 10m for energy solution in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;M BACK&#8217;: Trump writes first Facebook, YouTube posts after ban lifted<\/p>\n<p>Census: Enumerators to start training March 31 in Kwara<\/p>\n<p>ICC issues war crimes arrest warrant for Putin<\/p>\n<p>Oyo guber: Folarin condemns political killings in Ibadan<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu asks security agencies to caution Obi over inciting comments<\/p>\n<p>Oro Festival: Sanwo-Olu cautions traditionalists to respect citizens&#8217; rights<\/p>\n<p>Buhari assents bill mandating president-elect, governors-elect to form cabinet in 60days<\/p>\n<p>Benue police bars escorts, private security units from polling units<\/p>\n<p>Election violence: A&#8217;Ibom group urges IGP to arrest YPP guber candidate<\/p>\n<p>INEC threatens to punish ad-hoc personnel that compromises election<\/p>\n<p>Abe dares Wike, says &#8216;you lack powers to declare my supporters wanted<\/p>\n<p>No date yet for supplementary polls, says INEC<\/p>\n<p>Shi&#8217;ites vow court action over 5 members allegedly killed in Kaduna<\/p>\n<p><strong>LEADERSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Makoko Lagoon Sand-filling: Residents Raise Alarm Over Climate Apocalypse<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari Condoles With Malawi Over Cyclone Deaths<\/p>\n<p>Federal Govt Shuts Land Borders For Polls<\/p>\n<p>Polls: Resist Pressure, Security Chiefs Warn Personnel<\/p>\n<p>JUST-IN: ICC Issues Warrant Of Arrest Against President Putin Over War Crimes<\/p>\n<p>Emirates Rules Out Return To Nigeria, Says CBN Yet To Release 50% Of Trapped Funds<\/p>\n<p>We Lost 5 Members In Clash With Kaduna Gov&#8217;s Convoy &#8216; Shi&#8217;ites<\/p>\n<p>Constitution Review: Next President, Govs Must Nominate Cabinets Within First 60 Days In Office<\/p>\n<p>Vote Trading: EFCC Deploys Teams For Guber, Assembly Polls<\/p>\n<p>Constitution Review: Buhari Signs State Legislature, Judiciary Autonomy Bill, Others Into Law<\/p>\n<p>NJC Recommends Compulsory Retirement Of Taraba CJ As 4 Others Face Probe Panel<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lagos guber: Gbadebo is still our candidate, we don&#8217;t know Awamaridi &#8216; LP<\/p>\n<p>#NigeriaDecides2023: Supplementary election still tentative &#8216; INEC<\/p>\n<p>IGP orders restrictions in 36 states except FCT<\/p>\n<p>Top 5 things to know about BVAS before Saturday polls<\/p>\n<p>Alleged threat: MC Oluomo makes U-turn, says &#8216;Mama Chukwudi is my sister<\/p>\n<p>5 months after suspension of flights to Nigeria, Emirates says funds still trapped with FG<\/p>\n<p>EFCC steps up action against vote buying, deploys teams<\/p>\n<p>Lagos guber: MC Oluomo&#8217;s video &#8216;threatening Igbo&#8217; under scrutiny &#8216; CP<\/p>\n<p>Guber\/Assembly polls: There will be massive rigging, BVAS won&#8217;t stop it &#8216; Primate Ayodele<\/p>\n<p>Railway removed from Exclusive List as Buhari signs 16 Constitutional alteration bills<\/p>\n<p>FIRS signs MoU with UK&#8217;s HM Revenue &amp; Customs on capacity building<\/p>\n<p>Court orders arrest of IG, others over molestation of citizens in Osun<\/p>\n<p>Compromise election duty and be punished, INEC warn ad-hoc staff, others<\/p>\n<p>Labour Party forms alliance with PDP in Ogun<\/p>\n<p>Delta&#8217;s oldest monarch, Ohworode of Olomu translates at 106<\/p>\n<p>NJC retires Taraba Chief Judge, sets up panel to investigate four Judicial officers<\/p>\n<p>Guber Poll: Learn from presidential election flaws, CDD tells INEC<\/p>\n<p>March 18: Bayelsa CP debunks rumours of violence in Nembe, Brass<\/p>\n<p>March 18: Sokoto Police bars local security outfits from participating in election<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parties waiting for IREV to collate results kidding \u2013 Aluko<\/p>\n<p>PDP condemns arrest of chieftains in Imo<\/p>\n<p>Customs seizes N231m contraband in Ogun<\/p>\n<p>How Nigerian, other African nations\u2019 economy can experience positive growth -ECA<\/p>\n<p>Zamfara CP cautions politicians against do-or-die affair politics<\/p>\n<p>208 candidates battle for 26 seats in Ondo Assembly<\/p>\n<p>How alleged international prostitution ringleader was arrested, extradited<\/p>\n<p>Only PDP members are satisfied with Adeleke\u2019s performance in 100 days -APM<\/p>\n<p>Five die in Kaduna Gov convoy\u2019s, Shi\u2019ites clash<\/p>\n<p>FG orders total closure of land borders<\/p>\n<p>What I noticed when Imam prayed against election riggers- Shehu Sani<\/p>\n<p>Woman nabbed with laminated INEC materials in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED: Appeal Court rejects Abba Kyari\u2019s associate\u2019s bail request<\/p>\n<p>MC Oluomo denies threatening Igbos in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>NJC recommends compulsory retirement of Taraba Chief Judge, 4 others to face probe panel.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Imo Deputy Gov regains freedom after nine days in prison<\/p>\n<p>We are yet to fix date for supplementary NASS elections \u2013 INEC<\/p>\n<p>Opposition responsible for planned nation wide protest \u2013 Obi<\/p>\n<p>Cash crunch: Catfish farmers lament low patronage<\/p>\n<p>Court orders INEC to paste, transmit Saturday\u2019s poll results electronically<\/p>\n<p>Ebonyi PDP chairman endorses APC Gov candidate<\/p>\n<p>March 18: We didn\u2019t collapse our structure for any party in Enugu \u2013 APGA<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TRUST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Business Boom For Petty Traders As Old Naira Notes Bounce Back<\/p>\n<p>You Are Working For APC, Atiku Knocks INEC<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Imo Deputy Gov Freed After 9 Days In Detention<\/p>\n<p>MC Oluomo Bows To Pressure, Withdraws Anti-Igbo Threat<\/p>\n<p>Gov polls: Court orders INEC to Transmit results electronically<\/p>\n<p>Of progress in Nigeria&#8217;s maritime sector and Akinola&#8217;s ethnic baiting<\/p>\n<p>Politics of 10th Assembly and Challenges Before APC<\/p>\n<p>ICC issues arrest warrant against Putin<\/p>\n<p><strong>AUTHORITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guber polls : Learn from presidential elections flaws, CDD tells INEC<\/p>\n<p>Gov: Why Timipre Sylva unfit to fly APC ticket in Bayelsa Forum<\/p>\n<p>Guber Polls: Group accuses Abia PDP of planning to cause mayhem on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Constitution Amendment: Wase commend President Buhari over assent to some momentous legislations<\/p>\n<p>Forum on Opportunities Arising from Chinese-style Modernization held in Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>BUSINESSDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"businessdaytoday\">\n<p>How diverse leadership teams boost innovation<\/p>\n<p>Politicians are buying votes with food items, money, others &#8216; EFCC<\/p>\n<p>Cash crunch: Households unable to stock up home ahead election<\/p>\n<p>How cash crunch has further improvised Nigerians &#8216; CPPE<\/p>\n<p>Stock market drops by 1.58% in week ended March 17<\/p>\n<p>Obi urges LP members to troop out, vote for party&#8217;s candidates<\/p>\n<p>Naira redesign implementation failure and its consequences<\/p>\n<p>Five things to know to start your Friday<\/p>\n<p>FG&#8217;s failure to revamp health centres threatens millions of children<\/p>\n<p>Why human interference is behind INEC&#8217;s server crash<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>DAILY INDEPENDENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump Returns To YouTube, Facebook After Two-Year Ban<\/p>\n<div id=\"dailyindependenttoday\">\n<p>NYPD, FBI, Other Law Enforcement Agencies Prepare Possible Trump Indictment<\/p>\n<p>Defamation: Prince Harry Sues &#8216;Mail On Sunday&#8217; Over Security Story<\/p>\n<p>Guber\/Assembly Polls: Sanwo-Olu Assures Lagos Residents Of Peaceful Elections<\/p>\n<p>JUST IN: Crystal Palace Confirm Vieira Sacking<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"jubna23f61ba05634e799547ed49c94a6070c\" data-load=\"true\" data-id=\"1679117756841\">\n<div id=\"ac_23f61ba05634e799547ed49c94a6070c\" class=\"jb-w-desktop\" data-id=\"acjb_23f61ba05634e799547ed49c94a6070c\" data-divid=\"acjb_1679117756841\">\n<div class=\"jb-w-r-s-row\">\n<div class=\"jb-w-r-s-columns jb-w-r-s-col-12 jb-ac_header-title-container\">\n<div class=\"ac_header_title\">\n<p>Guber\/Assembly Polls: Nigeria Closes Land Borders<\/p>\n<p>EFCC Arrests Alleged Serial Canadian Visa Scammer In Abuja<\/p>\n<p>March 18 Polls: Lagos Residents Pledge Total Support For Sanwo-Olu<\/p>\n<p>ICC Issues War Crimes Arrest Warrant For Putin For Alleged Deportation Of Ukrainian Children<\/p>\n<p>INEC, Security Agencies Must Uphold Democracy On March 18<\/p>\n<p>#NigeriaDecides2023: Desist From Actions Capable Of Promoting Election Violence, Atiku Cautions Political Leaders<\/p>\n<p>Oldest Monarch Joins Ancestors In Delta<\/p>\n<p>Polls: NUJ Condemns Pre-Election Violence In Ibadan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NEW TELEGRAPH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Presidential Polls: INEC voted against Nigerians&#8217; 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